North America Casino News

This is the place to explore breaking events and important news about the casino of North America. While there may are 23 separate countries on the continent, you will find most of them covered in our Caribbean Casino News section. While some news from Mexico will appear here, most of the articles about casinos and regulatory happenings in this section are about the Canadian and US industries. The U.S.A. has more casinos than any other place on earth, so most of the articles in this category are about them.

The U.S. and Mexico are organized by states while Canada is organized by provinces and territories. In the U.S. and Canada, we have given all Tribal and First Nation news the same weighting as if they were a single state within their respective countries.

This section provides a broad overview of all casino news in North America and the articles are always cross-referenced with more specific information about the subject matter.

More Than 24 Horses Killed And 1 Person Harmed After Pennsylvania Man Supposedly Set Fire To Barn At Tioga Downs Casino Resort Property

In the early hours of November 9, over two dozen racehorses accommodated in a barn at the upstate New York track within the Tioga Downs Casino & Resort were brutally killed after the barn was set on fire. A...

REEVO Partners With 1spin4win To Provide Engaging Player Experience

REEVO, a Romania-based online casino game developer whose primary focus is video slots, is excited to reveal that it has officially entered into an alliance with 1spin4win, a rapidly growing gaming supplier fam...

Affinity Interactive To Start Renovation And Rebranding Of Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino

Affinity Interactive, an omni-channel online, media casino and gaming firm based in Paradise, Nevada, is excited to reveal that its Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, located east of the Las Vegas Strip, will go...

NCAA President Charlie Baker Wants to Ban Prop Bets in College Gaming

Charlie Baker, the former Governor of Massachusetts, became the president of the NCAA a few months ago, and it seems he's already making some huge changes in the industry. He is worried about how the legal gamb...

PointsBet Hit with C$150k Fine from AGCO for Responsible Gaming Failures in Ontario

PointsBet Canada Operations 1 Inc., the popular online gaming operator registered in Canada, will have to pay a penalty of $150.000. The penalty was issued by the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission ...

Supreme Court Invalidates Lease Agreement for Sands $4 Billion Casino Development In Nassau County

After Las Vegas Sands had officially paid on 27 October 2023 an overall price of $241 million to Nassau County under the 99-year lease agreement to develop a $4 billion casino complex at the Nassau Coliseum sit...

Flutter Cuts Full-Year Revenue Prediction, Shares Fall

Flutter Entertainment, a global gambling and sports wagering firm, is predicting that recent favorable results will help that full-year income reach the bottom of its former prediction range, except for the new...

Tentative Contract Is Slowly Forming With Las Vegas Hospitality Employees Amidst Strike Threat, States MGM’s CEO

After a landmark agreement at dawn on November 8 between the Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas hotel employees union, a tentative contract is slowly forming for the 20,000 hospitality employees at MGM Resorts...

Richmond Voters Reject A Proposed Casino Project For The Second Time

The do-over referendum for the Richmond casino project was unsuccessful at the ballot box by a much wider margin compared to the first casino referendum that was held two years ago, back in 2021. The primary re...

Gaming Innovation Group Strengthens Position in North America thorugh KaFe Rocks Acquisition

Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) acquires KaFe Rocks Ltd. Two industry leaders signed a deal, and the popular affiliate company will become a part of the GiG. Expansion to North America: GiG Media is th...

GAN Enters Definitive Merger Agreement With Sega Sammy Creation

GAN Limited, a leading North American real money iGaming technology provider and a prominent sports betting operator has entered a definitive Merger Agreement with Sega Sammy Creation, a game development subsid...

Mark Cuban Shares His Desire For Casino-Centered Resorts In Texas

At Chase’s Make Your Move Summit that occurred during the last week, Mark Cuban, the leader and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, expressed his wish for a casino-centered resorts to be located in Texas, according ...

Mets Owner Partners With Hard Rock For $8 Billion Casino Development Proposal in Queens

The withdrawal of the Vornado Realty Trust from the race for the last midtown New York casino license seems to have raised the spirit of the remaining four major potential bidders. One of them, New York Mets ow...

Better Collective Acquires Playmaker Capital For $188 Million

Better Collective has officially purchased Playmaker Capital for an overall cost of €176 million (£153 million/$188 million). Additionally, the projected date of the official conclusion of the definitive purcha...